Phil Hellmuth raised to 1,000, and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 2,800. Hellmuth asked, “How deep are you Shaun?” Deeb replied that he started the hand with 15,000 total. Hellmuth thought for a minute then raised to 21,000, enough to put Deeb all-in. Deeb called and showed , but Hellmuth turned over . The board ran out , no help to Deeb. Hellmuth took the pot, bringing him up to 38,500, and Deeb made his exit.
We caught up to Kenny Nguyen on a board of . His opponent had checked to him and after a few seconds Nguyen slid forward a bet of 5,800. His opponent fell deep into the tank, but called after a couple of minutes had passed.
The river was the and on that card, both players checked.
The first to act player showed for top pair on the flop and turn.
"I got lucky on you," Nguyen said, showing his for a rivered better pair.
"That would've costed me a lot of money if I bricked the river," Nguyen said. "I would've fired a third bullet and he would've called me down."
"You didn't want to bet the river?" another player at the table asked Nguyen.
"Yeah but now my hand is good enough to check and win," Nguyen replied. "If I bet he's gonna call me with anything that beats a king anyways."
We found Marcel Luske involved in a hand on the turn with the board reading . The player in the small blind position bet 2,000, and Luske called from the button. The river was the , and the small blind checked. Luske looked at his opponent’s stack, and then tossed out two orange chips for a bet of 10,000. His opponent thought for a minute, then called, and Luske turned over for a flush. His opponent mucked, and the Flying Dutchman took the pot.
The pot brings Luske back above his starting count, and he now sits with 42,000 in his stack.
We came to the table just as the flop came down. The player in middle position checked to Sam Grafton who bet 1,400. The other player moved all in for 4,275 more. Grafton called but he didn't like it.
Grafton:
Opponent:
Grafton was behind and couldn't find any help when the turn and the river came. After the river was dealt, the player said, "I really thought he had kings", as if Grafton wasn't sitting right next to him. Another player responded with "that was a good shove then".
Former November Niner Ylon Schwartz is just now starting himself on the right foot, after starting the day rather quietly.
We caught up to the hand when the action was like so: Jonathan Rivera, who was on the button had a preflop raise of 1,600 out. Across the table another player had moved all in over the top of that for 11,975. Next to go, Ylon Schwartz had moved all in over the top of that for a total of 30,050. Then, Rivera on the button went deep into the tank before eventually flashing his cards to Kyle Julius, who was sitting right beside him, and folding.
Schwartz:
All In:
It looked bad for Schwartz who was well behind with his pair of queens and it looked even worse when the flop came down , not giving him any extra outs. The turn was the still keeping Schwartz behind, but the river was just the miracle that Schwartz needed, allowing him to pick up the knock out and all the chips.
In the mean time, Jonathan Rivera told the entire table that he had folded kings, which would've ended up being the third best hand. Kyle Julius who was sitting next to him confirmed that he had in fact folded kings and that left the entire table dumbfounded at how he could've made such a great fold.
"It was two red kings," Julius told the table what he had seen.
"That's a great fold man, you had the third best hand," someone else at the table said.
"You folded kings?!" Schwartz said, not believing what he was hearing.
While we didn't actually see the cards, it would still be an amazing fold if what Rivera and Julius said is in fact true.
We arrived at the table, just as Matt Marifioti opened to 700 from under the gun. The action folded back around to the big blind, who made the call, as both watched the flop come . Both players checked, as the fell on the turn. The big blind checked, before Marifioti led out for 1,175. His opponent raised it up to 2,525, and was called. The completed the board, and Marifioti’s opponent bet out another 3,500, before staring him down. Marifioti did the same, with his gaze shifting from opponent to the board, and back.
He eventually mucked his hand, relinquishing the pot to his opponent.
Following a raise to 650 and a three-bet to 1,600, Jon Turner made the call from the hi-jack as the initial raiser came along also to see a flop fall.
The three-bettor continued for 2,200 and Turner was the only caller as the landed on the turn. Turner's opponent then looked up Turner's stack before sliding in all his high denomination chips - and assortment of 1,000 and 5,000 chips. Turner snap-called for his remaining 13,600 as the cards were placed on their backs.
Turner:
Opponent:
With Turner in great shape to double, he would still need to fade a jack or club, and when the river landed the , Turner doubled through to 37,000 in chips.
Gordon Huntly raised to 700 from UTG+1 and found two players willing to call that bet. The first was seated in the cutoff, the other on the button, meaning it was three-handed to the flop. Huntly checked and his opponents checked behind.
Huntly led the turn for 1,100 and both players called almost immediately. The flush-completing was the river card and Huntly checked. The cutoff bet and was snap-called by the button.
"You both have a flush, huh?" said Huntly
Neither player responded. Huntly folded and the button mucked when the layer in the cutoff turned over for the second-nut flush.
Huntly recently finished 10th in The Little One for One Drop and is poised for a deep run here as he has plenty of chip at his disposal.